title: Supplemental staffing: can it be cost-effective?
abstract: Little empirical information is available to either support or contradict a widely held belief that supplemental nursing personnel are more costly than hospital-based personnel. The results of a study that examined this question are presented.
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000145:classification; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000191:economics*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000191:economics*; D012042:Registries